'Community Beta' has lost its way

[Ken Ray]

I just wanted to chime in here and say that I have been incredibly 
impressed with the 2.8.1 release effort. This is the version with the 
longest and most comprehensive testing cycle (AFAICR) for a version of 
Revolution since RunRev took over the product from MetaCard Corp. Mark 
Waddingham has personally responded to virtually all the questions and 
bug-related posts on the Improve list, and Bill is staying on top of 
the testing cycle, asking for feedback and processing surveys. As a 
testament to their efforts, I had to look long and hard at my "active" 
list of bugs on Bugzilla to find the Top 5 that Bill requested, and 
even then only 2 of them were true bugs (the others were enhancement 
requests).

This is not to say that everyone has or will have the same experience 
with this cycle that I have had, or that certain pet bugs that have not 
been addressed yet cause some people's skin to wrankle. But to say that 
the overall effort of the Community Beta has 'lost its way' primarily 
because a specific bug that most likely affects a very small percentage 
of the Rev community is overstating things IMHO. 

Just my 2 cents,

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/